For the record: I usually say Ess Queue Ell, but I'd just had a long
day dealing with people touting both "Pull/Sequel" and "Microsoft
Sequel Server 7.0" and I'd just about had enough.
I have a habit of taking the "words" people have made from acronyms
and twisting them. Hence, a URL is a "hurl", SQL is "squeel" and
so forth. I tend to spell out the acronyms, although who knows
how to pronounce GIF: Jiff? Guiff? Gee Eye Eff? None of them
seem entirely satisfactory. Follow this up with TIFF, PNG, JPEG
and MPEG. Do you actually say "Tee Eye Eff Eff?" I thought not.
I assume that those who appreciate this sort of humor understood me,
and I'll be more quiet about it in the future.
From: fred%corp.netcom.net.uk@Internet on 03/26/99 01:13 AM
To: Derick H Siddoway/TC/TRS/American Express@AMEX
Subject: OT: SQL (Was Re: Extracting a given row using Perl API)
Derick H Siddoway wrote:
> <ponder ponder> I guess I should note that I pronounce SQL as
> "squeel" instead of the insidious "sequel" on purpose.
Really, SQL should be pronounced "Ess Queue Ell" in the same
way you would pronounce CPU "See Pee You" and not "Kerpooh"
or "Sepugh" - it is not an acronym but a set of initials...
As a reference, may I refer my learned colleague [and anyone
else sad enough to care] to the following URL?
If it ain't opinionated, it ain't Rich Teer.